Pharsale

The Pharsale is a 3166 verse reworking of the Faits des Romains, itself a reworking of Lucan’s Pharsalia, dedicated to the Este court at Ferrara. Unlike the Entree d’Espagne or the Prise, which are both continuations of Old French epic, the Pharsale is essentially a short summary of the Fait. Although the copy doesn’t appear to have circulated much beyond the Este court, historians of Franco-Italian literature frequently cite its dedication, which states: “…for I know of no one in Paris or in the Valois, who does not say that these verses are made in good French.”

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